Velocipede-pedal



No. 6|4,900. Patented Nov. 29, I898.

A. SEAVER &. G. A. CHAMBEBLIN.

VELODIPEDE PEDAL.

(Application filed Sept. 9, 1897.) N o M o d e l -NITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

AUGUSTUS SEAVER, OF BOSTON, AND GEORGE A. CHAMBERLIN, OF NORTH ABINGTON, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNORS TO CHARLES F. BROWN,,TRUS- TEE, OF READING, MASSACHUSETTS.

VELOClPEDE-PEDAL.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 614,900, dated November 29, 1898.

Application filed September 9, 1897. Serial No. 551,055. (No model.)

To all whom, it may concern: are serrated to engage the sole of the shoe Be it known that we, AUGUSTUS SEAVER, of and prevent the foot from slipping, and be- Boston, in the county of Suifolk, and GEORGE tween the sleeve and the spindle are anti- A. CHAMBERLIN, of North Abington, in the frictional devices, so that the said pedal is county of Plymouth, State of Massachusetts, mounted on antifriction-beari'ngs.

have invented certain new and useful Im- Our invention consists of a pad 61 of suitprovements in Velocipede-Pedals, of which able materialsuch as leather, rubber, or the the following is a specification. like-having a frictional surface and prefer- This invention has relation to pedals for biably shaped approximately like the sole of a 10 cycles and other like vehicles, and has for its shoe, as shown in Fig. 1. To increase the object to provide an attachment for a pedal frictional resistance, the pad is formed with which may be easily secured thereto and regrooves or notches d on its upper surface; but moved therefrom and which will operate to the said surface may be roughened in any prevent the foot from slipping from the pedal other way desired. The pad rests upon and 15 when the bicycle is in motion and to protect is supported by the longitudinal bars 0 c of 65 the soles of the riders shoes from injury by the pedal and is slightly'curved to conform contact with the sharp-edged bars of the to the shape of the shoe. It projects beyond pedal. I the said bars 0, so as to afford a firm support Another object of the invention is to proand bearing for the boot.

2o vide an attachment of the character described Beneath the pad and secured thereto by a which will be provided with an adjustable rivet e is a clip f, formed of spring metal, weight wherebythe attachment will be always adapted to he slipped over the sleeve Z), as in position to receive the foot. shown in Fig. 2. The ends of the clip are The manner in which these objects are obpreferably bent outwardly, as shown at f, to

2 5 tained and in what the invention consists will aid in securing it upon the sleeve or central be fully described in the accompanying speciportion of the pedal. The said rivet 6 also fication and pointed out in the claims, refersecures to the pad and the clip a bar g, havence being had to the accompanying drawing its upper end curved to conform to the ings, which portray one form of the invention shape of the clip and having its lower end g 30 which has been selected for the purpose of bent at an angle to the body thereof, and to illustration. which is secured a counterweight The Letters of reference upon the drawings insaid bar g is more or less ductile, so that it dicate like parts or features, as the case may may be bent, as desired, to properly balance be, wherever they occur. the pedal and hold it with the pad uppermost 3 5 Of the drawings, Figure 1 represents in plan to receive the foot. view a pedal equipped with our invention. An attachment constructed in accordance Fig. 2 represents a longitudinal section of the with the above description may be easily atsame on the line 2 2 of Fg. 1. Fig. 3 repretached to or detached from a pedal of almost sents the adjustable weight forming a part of any type, kind, or size, and affords a rough- 0 the attachment. Fig. 4 represents a perspecened bearing to receive the foot, thereby 010- 9c tive View of the clip for detachably securing viating the necessity of employing a toean attachment upon the pedal. clip and protecting the sole of the riders \Ve have elected to show our invention as shoe against injury from the sharp edges of applied to the so-called rat-trap pedal, comthe longitudinal bars of the pedal.

5 prising a sleeve 5, fitted to rotate on the sta- The pads may be made of different sizes 9 5' tionary spindle a, which is rigidly secured to and shapes and of any material that will prethe crank a, cross-bars 0, extending from the sent a roughened or frictional surface to the sleeve, and longitudinal bars or plates 0 c, sole of the shoe. attached to the cross-bars. Ordinarily the It will be seen that the pad formed to bear 50 upper edges 0 of the said longitudinal bars simultaneously on the two longitudinal bars of arattrap pedal protects the shoe-sole from injury by either bar, and is therefore an equivalent of two separate attachments, one for each. The construction is,however,much cheaper and simpler, the entire protector for both bars being made in a single piece and secured to the pedal by a single attaching de- The pad is flexible, so that when applied to the pedal it assumes a curvature conforming to the sole of the riders shoe, as shown in Fig. 2.

Having thus explained the nature of our invention and described a way of constructing and using the same, though without attempting, to set forth all of the forms in which it may be made or all of the modes of its use, what we claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. An attachment for bicycle-pedals, comprising a flexible pad formed to bear simultaneously on the upper edges of the longitudinal bars or plates of a rat-trap pedal and to extend across the space between said bars, said plate having a frictional upper surface which is caused by the flexibility of the pad to conform to the curvature of the sole of the riders shoe, and an attaching device projecting downwardly from its lower surface for engagement with the pedal.

2. An attachment for bicycle-pedals, co1nprising a pad having an enlarged frictional bearingsurface, and resting upon, and extending entirely across a bicycle-pedal, a device for securing said pad to the pedal, and a counterweight for holding said pad with its bearing-surface in position to receive the shoe of the rider, said securing 'device and countel-weight being fastened to the pad by a single attaching device.

In testimony whereof we have signed our names to this specification, in the presence of two subscribing witnesses, this 4th day of September, A. D. 1897.

AUGUSTUS SEAVER. GEORGE A. CHAMBERLIN.

lVitnesses:

C. F. BROWN, E. BATCHELDER. 

